>> axelrod: tonight, a white icy and dangerous weekend before christmas. a wild band of bad weather 2,000 miles long means trouble for shoppers and travelers tonight. we'll have the threatening forecast. >> place a local tether. >> axelrod: spacewalk, a bit of a scare in the first step of an urgent repair job on the space station. don dahler has the latest. >> aircraft is on the ground and on fire. >> axelrod: pulled from the wreckage. the runway rescue by two hero cops. just in the nick of time. >> and they're off! >> axelrod: and hurray for hollywood, park that is. carter evans on the final weekend for horseracing's legendary track of the stars. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news."

>> good evening, i'm jim axelrod. this is the western version of the broadcast. we officially welcomed winter today and had just about every type of weather to mark the occasion. they were shoveling snow in arizona where it was in the 30s. runners were in shorts in washington, d.c. where it was in the mid 60s. but the headline tonight is a massive and potentially very dangerous storm system that stretches from the texas panhandle all the way to maine. freezing rain gripped swaths of oklahoma and missouri as the massive front pushing across the heartland disrupted travel on roads and in the air. the storm knocked out power to 8,000 in oklahoma. police say icy roads were responsible for at least two traffic related deaths. unseasonably warm air across the south spurred severe thunderstorms that caused flooding in parts of kentucky. there were reports of tornadoes in tennessee and louisiana. more than 5,000 flights were delayed or cancelled, according to flightaware.com.

dallas-fort worth and chicago's o'hare airport-- both hubs for major carriers-- experienced some of the worst disruptions. a.a.a. projects about one-third of americans will travel 50 miles or more to their holiday destinations between now and new years' day. let's check in with eric fisher, chief meteorologist at our boston station wbz. eric, first things first, reports of tornadoes on the ground in the south, what can you tell us? >> we did have a report of a tornado just west of memphis, along i-40. a semi tractor trailer flipped over. now a trio of tornado watches from southern indiana right on down to the gulf coast tonight. >> axelrod: but as we were reporting, it is a mess in a large section of the country. so many people on the roads with holiday travel. who needs to be most concerned? >> right here, jim, where we have heavy torrential rains. some towns here in southern illinois have already picked up over eight inches of rainfall. water rescues, flash flooding, that's the biggest concerns for the tonight. we're going to track this off to the north and east as we head to the overnight hours. tomorrow morning around chicago and milwaukee, dealing with the

snow that will cause more airport delays and in the interior parts of the northeast an ice storm will be raging, overnight and into tomorrow morning. this will be a big issue for travel and long power outages just before christmas. >> axelrod: eric fisher with the treacherous forecast, thank you. nasty weather is the last thing retailers want to see on this last shopping weekend before christmas. target is hoping to lure in shoppers this weekend, with the offer of a 10% discount on everything they buy. this was done as an apology of sorts for the security breach that allowed hackers to steal millions of credit and debit card numbers from target customers. late today, chase bank told its debit card users who had shopped at target that they have new limits-- $100 on cash withdrawals and $300 on purchases in the wake of the breach. now to the high wire act unfolding 260 miles above earth. two american astronauts are

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drowning in space if you can imagine such a thing. >> reporter: nasa asked the astronauts to expedite drying the suit and has postponed the next spacewalk one day. it had been planned for monday, marking the delay in a repair job that was ahead of schedule. >> it was a very successful spacewalk, in that they completed phase one in the pump system coolant repair operation. >> reporter: the first task in replacing the spacestation's coolant pump assemblies that failed last week, involved disconnecting the ammonia lines. had any ammonia leaked during that process, the astronauts would have been forced to undergo a lengthy decontamination process prior to reentering the spacestation. during today's spacewalk, the astronauts wore water-absorbing pads in their helmuts which they checked every hour by pressing their heads against them to see if they felt squishy. they did not, but mastracchio's suit did have more water inside it than it was supposed to. the cause of the water in mastracchio's suit was not immediately explained by nasa but sources at the space agency said the issue was unrelated to

the july leak that flooded another astronaut's helmut, that caused by a blockage in the suit's cooling system. jim. >> axelrod: don dahler with the high drama. thank you. >> axelrod: we have sad news to report tonight about that 17-year-old girl who was gravely injured in that school shooting in colorado eight days ago, claire davis died this afternoon with her family at her side. the hospital released a statement from the family thanking everyone who sent their support and their prayers. after a five-day manhunt, police in new jersey have arrested four men for a horrifying murder at an upscale shopping mall. a carjacking gone horribly wrong took the life of a young husband man trying to protect his wife after a night of christmas shopping. here's terrell brown. >> reporter: police arrested these four men overnight for a crime that prosecutors call both arbitrary and senseless. at least three of the four men had been arrested for serious crimes before. u.s. attorney paul phishman: >> you shouldn't have to worry,

wherever you go, downtown newark, short hills mall or anywhere else, that someone would put a gun to your head and take your car. >> reporter: police and the f.b.i. had been working since sunday to find out who had gunned down 30-year-old dustin friedland. he and his wife jamie were carjacked after an evening of holiday shopping at the mall at short hills in new jersey. acting essex prosecutor carolyn murray, said the men attacked the couple as they were getting into their parked 2012 range rover. >> the crime itself appears to have been motivated by the desire for that type of vehicle. >> reporter: the s.u.v was found abandoned the next morning in newark about ten miles from the mall. police offered a $41,000 reward. murray said callers with tips were critical. >> the sheer senselessness of this case outraged people. >> reporter: funeral services for friedland were held wednesday. his wife wasn't harmed in the attack and said she is very grateful to the police agents responsible for the arrests. she and her husband met in law school and married two years

ago. the four suspects have been charged with murder and carjacking among other crimes. bail has been set at $2 million each. if convicted, jim, these men could spend the rest much their lives in jail. >> axelrod: terrell, thank you. president obama has given the military one year to complete a review of how it responds to sexual assaults within the ranks, sexual harassment is front and center in the pentagon with a just revealed hazing incident in the navy leading to two officers being relieved of their command. here is jeff pegues. >> reporter: this navy commander and this command master chief are accused of failing to report a case of alleged hazing up the chain of command. the case stems from an october incident aboard the "jason dunham"-- a guided missile destroyer docked at its home port at naval station norfolk, virginia. investigators say a group of 19 female sailors were ordered to remove their human waste out of two nonworking toilets, then 13 sailors were marched down to the

pier to dispose of it. the published reports have called collective punishment gone too far. it is another potentially embarrassing scandal for the military which has recently launched investigations on several fronts. this week, an n.c.i.s. agent pleaded guilty in a massive bribery scandal. two navy commanders have also been charged in the case involving a malaysian shipping contractor accused of offering kickbacks and prostitutes in exchange for millions in navy business. but the problems go beyond just the navy. according to the defense department statistics, obtained by the "los angeles times," 95 out of 250 allegations of misconduct investigated in the last fiscal year were found to be substantiated, including 26 in the army, three in the navy, ten in the airforce and none in the marine corps. it was almost a year ago that then secretary of defense leon panetta ordered a review of ethics training among military leaders and recommended earlier and reinforced ethics training.

according to the department of defense that was the message delivered to the white house. but a year later with the case of alleged hazing in the navy now public as well as other scandals, there are questions whether anything in the military has really changed. jeff pegues, cbs news, washington. >> axelrod: later, the hero cops who saved the pilot of a crashed and burning plane, and a high tech competition to build a robot that could save human lives in a crisis. he he -- lives in a crisis. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to improve daily physical function

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